Successfully Promoting Premium-Efficiency Motors - According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), energy consumption in the USA is expected to increase at a rate of 1.4 percent annually over the next 18 years. The DOE says approximately 25 percent of all electricity consumed in the U.S. is expended running motor systems, resulting in the use of 0.9 trillion kWh per year. Therefore, programs designed to promote the use of premium-efficiency motors and motor planning play an important role in moderating the growth of the energy resources needed to meet the increasing energy demand. MORE Update: Copper Motor Rotor is published monthly by the Copper Development Association Inc. to provide current information of interest to those in the electric motor and related industries. CDA assumes no responsibility or liability in connection with this publication and makes no warranties of any kind with respect to the information contained herein.